New Headline: "City Blades Claim Second Consecutive Premiership Victory
Sheffield United managed to see out a 1-1 draw with ten men away at Birmingham City on Saturday afternoon.Marvin Duksch got the scoring underway directly from the free-kick which saw Femi Seriki dismi...
Birmingham City 1-1 Sheffield United: Blades Show Resiliency to Earn Point With Ten Men Sheffield United managed to see out a 1-1 draw with ten men away at Birmingham City on Saturday afternoon. Marvin Duksch got the scoring underway directly from the free-kick which saw Femi Seriki dismissed. But the Blades rallied after this point.
Firstly, Sydie Peck saw his penalty saved, but right on the stroke of half-time Patrick Bamford span in behind the Birmingham back line and rounded James Beadle before tapping home into an empty net. Lineups Birmingham: Beadle, Laird (Vicente 67), Klarer, Robinson (Panzo 45), Seung-Ho, Solis (Doyle 82), Roberts, Osman (Gray 67), Iwata, Stansfield (Priske 77), Ducksch. Unused: Allsop, Neumann, Osayi-Samuel, Fujimoto.
Blades: A. Davies, Tanganga, Bindon, Ings (Hoever 25), O’Hare (Hjelde 59), Brooks (T. Davies 71), Burrows, Seriki, Peck, Riedewald (Soumaré 71), Bamford (Cannon 71).
Unused: Faxon, Arblaster, Campbell, Chong. First Half The match truly burst into life on 23 minutes in controversial fashion. Femi Seriki was harshly dismissed after bringing down Osman, despite Tyler Bindon appearing close enough to cover the danger.